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â€" lugs of 4ife. ‘c_.m.h»lui!v'l!.hll"\'l"l"l Dodood ds ;,%‘ London, Jan. 7.â€"The War Office bas issued a summary of the British cgfi.pe- and losses in the war during 1917. The total captures on all frorts amumbered 114.544 prisoners and 781 guns. The losses â€" numberéd 28.379 mers and 166 guns. The items include: _ i {_ ; WESTERN FRONTâ€" rprizongrs caplured ..s...sl .l.llsss szlccl sesr crizcal..... TBAS1 ?fflus CEDRUUPEG ~...s 3. s.lllccug is lalcce ealohee perrrews 531 m Prigonirs Aost .: .".0..000 0 s.cs.esgicone oerraa y rancaras ons 21,000 eX* Guns lost 1...0...... .2........... 22l...l... 2..lll.ll.......00 166 =â€"FURS 7t . PALESTINE FRONTâ€" is i prisgners captured ........0.....ii... .222 ..l .......... 11,61§ ; Efi‘.finq-upgmed irasi asaus ©alt us apsaaenes sfenly" U BW§ ** z. , MESQOPOTAMIA â€" +* Poeprisumers captured . s.:s .:.0 culszzccecs C farssano iss e suy> 15044 * AEGAMEâ€"OAPUITAU _2 222 222..22. 222202 2llllll... 2llullll.. 0 194 C : No guns were lost in any theatre except the western, and a large major i of these were captured in the Cambrai reverse. The American steamer Harcy Luck: ibach ‘was torpedoed ‘and"sunk with We are showing ‘ a beautiful of furs in the newest and â€"stylesâ€"and our prices are ceptionally moderate. We also e them to ordx and cagâ€"reâ€" model your old fur®¥ to look like London, Jan. 8 â€"British aviators ¢n e . northernâ€" itatian front in the urse of the past week destroyed it Austroâ€"German machines and r two others to the ¢round.';g,e-_ ‘E:r Office: anngunced to Sigy. he ‘British in acrial engagements lost ly one airplane. saAving you 2 HE TB sellLinc THEm ) whokEsAtE. PRICES ECONOMIZE IRITISH AVIATORS PLAY HAVOG WWiTH iPortAant ENEmy RALWAY ~ STMIONSâ€"BEXIND CERMAM LINES 14,544 PRIGONERS, 781 GUNS â€"TAKEN BY BRITISH DURING 1917 ~‘London, Jafi: 2â€"British aviators have dropped large quantities of bombs i the Rameynéis Chin ‘Airdrome in Beigium and in the vicinity of Metz and %‘b- Bombs were dropped on the railroad station at Conflans, on the $ northwest of Metz and on Courcelles Stations, southeast of Metz last y "Mamy hits were secured. An explosion and a fire were caused at ayine ioy eamee stt on your Fun Puach + New Fur Store ‘oldman. "<‘ ‘Secure Them at ITISH AIRMEN (AUSTRALIAN ~ ESTROY EIGHT | . CABINET HAS NEMY MAGHINESâ€" â€" RESIGNED FELDMAN‘G E~IN AND INVESTIGATE in Buying ontg, Jan. 3,â€"Owing to traing being delfayed there was a postponement afternoon of the meeting called for this morning to decide on a sucâ€" ) Won:. N. W. Rowell as leader of the Liberal Opposition in the Legisâ€" Liberal â€"members of the prospective candidates conferred at the Reform Association headquarters and later with W. Proudfoot, K. er for Centre Huron, and Hartiey Dewart, K.C., member for South who are the most likely of those mentioned for the leadership. . PROUDFOOT, KG.. MEMBER FOR NTRE RURON, CHOSEN T0 LEAD * LBERMS IN THE LEGISLATURE UVE FURRIER d ature during the coming session. After the session a general party will be held at which a permanent leader will be appointed. }filt"rmc POSTPONED UNTIL THIS AFTERNGON. % ral delegates here, that Wm. Probdfoot, K. C., member tor‘Centre unanimously elected as leader of the Liberal members in the Onâ€" Jan. 3.â€"it was announced this afternoon, after a short tonferâ€" ’a(lqaion General Party Convention Will at Which Permanent Leader Will be Apâ€" dâ€" Liberal Delegates in Toronto. , 2l & AT 2 is reported ; four Americ 2| the ice in ri =!trying to me 3 | Dec. 6th. All 2| in a precari é Sumuâ€" â€"!TRAIN F :| MAN 5| 3 SN i Ingersol!, : Grand Trunk =| Ont., was | â€" | freight ‘trair 2| Grown up far :|_ minaRp‘s & GA‘RGII,'{ JN <| 10 CBST © a FOR I : s & { Cure Sick T Biljousness & Breath * :’ No odds b 2 , ach or bowe -.‘ aches, how No odds bhow bad your liver. ‘stom ach or boweis; how much your head aches, how miserable you are from constipation, indigestion, billousness and slugimsh bowelsâ€"you always get relief with Cascarets, . They imme diately cleanse and regulate the stomâ€" ach, remove the sour, fermenting food and fonl gases; take the excess bile from the liver and carry off the conâ€" stipated wasto matter and poison fromt the intestines amkâ€"bowels. A 10.cant hbox from; your.d Md Keop â€" your livor ‘and bowels . ; atomuth â€" »west wmud ~besd | tor MINARD‘S _ _LINIMENT _ CuRrEs GARGET in cows. TRAIN KILLS , MAN SHOVELLING SNOW OFF TRACK Ingersol!, Jan. 6.â€"Thomas Beers, 57 Grand Trunk section man of Putman, Ont.. was killed on the track by a freight train while shovelling snow. Grown up family gurvive. FOUR U. 5; BOATS CAUGHT IN ICE; SHORT OF FOOD Cure Sick MHeadache, Constipation, Biljousness, Sour Stomach, Bad Breathâ€"Candy Cathartic. Quebec, Jan. 8.â€"Shortage of food is reported by the Kiwest,, one of four American steamers ‘caught in the ice in river St. Lawrence . while trying to make an eastâ€"bound trip on Dec. 6th. All ships are reported to be in a precarious condition. 10 OBNT "CascarETg» _ _ FOR LIVER AND BOWELS (Canadian Press). London, Jan. 8. â€"The Australian caâ€" binct headed by William Morris Hughâ€" es, has resigned, according to. a Ructâ€" er‘s despatch from Me{bourne. Frank G. Tudor, Labor leader, hi been sumâ€" moned to form a new ministry. * Mlm’ ck -Nh”rv* ~'-"~“mâ€"- tompergus.; poor, hqd, poou , advanged about, oney B har e adhbatered) || aurd ; tike pride 6P cigais i aylats Hva ~% 'h-.‘-;'. Loi. Bs \M.’?“O‘q‘.‘! E snfiton hotelkeopers were . notiâ€" fied this morning that the price . of Only Monday did tthe reprieve arâ€" rive in Brantford for Carmello Calleja. sentenced to hang for the murder of a compatriot. Gio Batta Bornello. The hanging did not take place on the date set, however. despite the fact that no official word was received and the question is raised as to whether Calâ€" leja will be considercd hanged, as per schedule. To.Be Considered Hanged? _ Toronto, Jan. 7.â€"A provincial assoâ€" [ clation of potato growers with one \branch in‘ the north producing seed poâ€" tato and the other in oJder Ontario buy ing (he 66e directly, and coâ€"operating in disposing of the crop, is the ultiâ€" mate plan of the advisory potato counâ€" â€"cil of Ontario in the plans now being prepared to supplement the steps takâ€" en to introduce "standard" potatoes in Ontario. Arrangements are being made now to holid meetings in all the potatoâ€" growing districts _of the proylnce dur-‘ ing the next three months to lay the potato production plans before the growers and toâ€" organize them into jocâ€" al coâ€"operative units Th.-:e-'m(v?l while_not definitely organized. willâ€"be coâ€"opprativejn.every way, g@ad irger on tUhey. . will, it J8 exp.oowq. become the nucletus of a provincial association. COâ€"OPERATIVE ‘PLAN FOR POTATO PRODUCTION "What isâ€" good enough for my oid woman is quite good enough for anyâ€" one." "Food," said Lord Rhondda, "in my opinion should have priority of tonâ€" nage and finance. There has been an cnormous increase in wages, aggreâ€" gating one hundred million sterling a yoar, and this increases the difficulty of getting down the price of food." Communat Conditions. The â€"Food Controller strongly supâ€" ported communal kitchens, and said that Government grants would be made whexe necessary to establish them. He incidentaily disclosed the fact that Lady Rhondda got the Christâ€" mas diunet for her family from one of these kitenens, and added: Before the â€"war, forty per.cent,.of the â€"imeat tonsumed‘ by civiHans‘ was imported from abroad; toâ€"day a ihrgé part of the imported meat goes to the army, leaving less twan‘ten per‘cent for civilians. "There ‘whs, however, no great,. depietion~in ‘cattle in the country. It was leaner . cattle, but there was a Jarge gupply. t Réferring toâ€" the ~meat shortage, Lord Rhondda said he did not want to threaten be did not want to comman deer cattle,‘but .the machinery wou‘ld be there to carry the cattle to market when the time came. . Food Gets Rriority. There was going to be a great shorâ€" tage of meat during the next couple of weeks, but after that he hoped the poâ€" sition would improve congiderably. . Macrgarine Supplanting Butter The Food Controller pointed out that the import of butter in November and December 1917, amounted to only three thousang tons, as compared with thirty thousand tons in November and December, 1915. However, there had been an enormous increase in the proâ€" duction. of margarine in Britain, and by June. the capacity of the factories would be four timesâ€"what it was in 19â€" 15‘ . B wis ‘‘There is nothing alarming in the situation," he said, "You have only to tighten your belt. The people of this country . are undergcing nothing like the privations in Germany. There they have less than a pound of meat a week." â€" _ LondoR, ~Jan. 3. â€"Compulsory raâ€" tioning is "to be put into effect in Briâ€" tain "at an early date, according to Lord Rhondda, the Food Controlier, speaking at Silverton toâ€"day. He preâ€" faced his announcement by saying that he was afraid that compuisory raâ€" tioning would bave to come, and that it was on its way, and then. declared that his department had completed a scheme, and that as soon as the sancâ€" tion of the Cabinet had been received, it would be carried out. Lord Rhondda warned his heareis that there would ‘continue to be a shortage,, though the pt‘nmou would improve and improve steadily. . _ .â€"Ahedabinst .. â€" â€"â€" |.. .. FobrnseyUtec: ; _ |* * ; ! Aloug Frou CONMANDEER CATTLE|SEVEN WEEKS‘.. ~")\~*|BEAT RAID Af Lord Rhondda Says Scheme | Ontario Government, It Is|Intensive Axtillery Duel Avmm'b.:"hfionof‘.) Understood, Called for }hufill Heavy Fighting London.: Jan. 3.-‘I’~ Director | O ‘‘Meat "1" plies a&nnountes‘ that Tuesday will be, &o%’”::v ' in Longon, and would aiso affect } the provinges., .: : j RATIONINE More than $0 per cent. of Victory Bond purchasers in London: Ont., are paying in full for thoir &llotrents, acâ€" vording to the first roports of boudon banks." * Malh@We ‘ ‘w;. #o% t4a 80 Per Cent. Pay in Futl. (* "It fn‘to the draftees: of gosterday, iflfl th#da# dnd of‘tomorrow. . that ‘we m.';‘."l ‘ + &2 * "Our aftitudt in connggtion «. with the Military Service Act, which is now being enforced, is, woll â€" known and we are still of the opinion that a grave error was commiflied by imposâ€" ing it. But while awaitingâ€". until LA ents will have brought our governâ€" ing powers to a more sound . compreâ€" hension of the dutics and. neesssitios of the hour, we must submit t9 it. I "Be cheerfal." 8w6 L‘Action Catholigue QGivés Bound Advice to Men Cailed. Up. Quebec, Jan. 7.â€"L‘Action Cathâ€" olique, Quebec‘s semiclericat dati#w, gives advice to the youngâ€" men â€" who are ‘catled under the Military Segviee Act in a leading editorial. Itâ€"says in London,â€"‘Jan. 8. â€""An enemy party raided one of our positions yesterday near the neighborhood of Fiesquires" the War Office announces. Oné of our men is missing. "Hostile"‘ artiAiety showed some ‘activity during‘""tht night in neighborhoods ‘of : Biflietourt and Passchendaeie." > Aars clares that a broad chasm still yawns, between the two parties at Brestâ€"Litâ€" ovsk and that if the demands ‘of the Central Powers to annex or join the | territorics in question to the two last‘ empires in Europe, then there Wi"iu again be only. an armistice"Afid"there wi!l be no laslinq a“df‘?_'r‘?'flb'fipf”f,i with Russia; which country, will not eternally wear Leinies red livery pr be_| satigfied "* with _ disintogyration‘ zuw" communistic dwarf Commanités." > * | MTILLERY .s> AGTIVITYâ€"â€" NEAR * PASSCHENDAEEE: (Canadian Press). .. ~ Amsterdam, Jan. 8. â€"Maxorilian. Harden in Die Zukymft ; Aoaffifigly‘ condemns the .Austroâ€"Germarm, ~plans; for annexations in the"‘eagt; ggy:â€"% plaree thoat a Renud aheous se cealcat Annéxing of Russignt Terri ‘tory Only Means an Armâ€" HARDEN CONBEMNS PEICE PHME 0P The proposed legislation‘te ‘tarry out | the apparent intehition of the Do‘ minion Government by putting a stop to â€" direct" deliveries, of Henor.wwijthin the province is understood to have reâ€" ceived favorable considerdtion.* It i3 not likely ‘to méet with serious, opposi< tion in the House,. < C . . ...‘ C > on the public accounts, &nd they=wil} be read shortiy: after the House set! ties doywn to work. Thp;\l(ik,jqbt_t_yd programme, judging from present ind cations, will not be a Tong one.The list of private bills will be much fll’(‘;r{ ter than last year, and Goyerpment let gislation will embrace little of.¢ very radical nature. â€"It will he mecessary to bring in some legislation paving the way for the coming general eléction, but there has been no suggestion of any redistribution measure; . ~ ‘ory Only Means an Armâ€" ~~ istice, He Declares., ... By meeting on Feb. 5th, thie Legislaf ture will have a segsion .of geves weeks and three :days to Easter Friday and this, while shorter thar na-&u; expected to be long enough tb ‘give ade quate consideration to all the busin@ésy likely to come before the members. Excellent progress has been made tupi Feb. 5th, as the date for calting the gislature together. ‘The ‘official anâ€" nouncement will be made within 4 day or two and the members will probabl get their notices by the: latter MJ the week. GENTRAL POWERS suemitâ€"B8E CHEEREFULyz:~~ ‘WNIMENET : qvage * INF to 4 sby y Seaviee g tâ€"saye in $ ‘ mtorfiu. : that ‘we | gi tow._.so@ yaits flf“ }1« 16 “:-’\[r ; yawne . | * stâ€"Litâ€" | * of the | * 1 theij#.. o last!w 4 wls. there ,*‘ 1 Qffiu-“r.zl "not!| 4 _ or be,la § |rmana| 43 ) M *4 ',"::," * €;a c * ‘a tae d % o4 wit. l,a + R py 4 4 U w d * q * % i) -:’;*_N‘lh_ monty in your spare m‘m this wirter by sclling NURSERY STOCK angd NEW SEED POTATOERS, Farmers, Attention *his iy the right time to start on M,lv.‘ Sates. ‘We pdy highest commissions ond ma‘ml our #lnmoa with Hiterature N a "puntch" to it. _ Bendâ€"Jag _our dist of â€"NEW OTFER We ~need no surther introduction than the fact that we have been in the Nursery Business SIXTY ONE ‘VtARl. : and . are now _ prepared :o meet existing conditions by offering our high grade trees and plants direct ;6 éystomers~ at ROCK BOTTOM PRICES.â€" ~ == p : Send for qurtit! aled â€"gireuta f momes nz rect_ an ve agent‘s. m ....,s.,u\ghégaég.‘;,:?”i&"if S ur prides t‘Be ‘sur>. to thterest you and alk,stock »is sbsolute first clasy and trye to name. > ._ tHE CHASE sroTtHenrs co. \~~â€"< â€" ef Ontarie, Ltd., â€" * hes . Nurserymen, c .+..,_â€" Established 1857. | €olRroRNE _ . . ~_ onTaAR®o Fruit Trees . , . _,,_ County of Waterioo ‘ ‘The Municipal Council of the Coun: ty.of Waterlon will meet at the Court House Kitthener, on Tuesday the 22nd day of Jannuary 1918, at 2 p. m. Samuel Cassel, $ County Clerk. :"‘Coat is â€"selling in Brantford at $12 a ton. One hotel has closed for want of fuel. ie gie GENIORS WON IN PRESTON the. historic Hill 304, in the Verdun sector, was stopped with sanguinary losses to the Germans. These two ‘mandéuvres constitute the only activiâ€" ty by infantry forces at auy point, exâ€" cept that small British patrols at seâ€" veral places forced crossings of the Piâ€" ave River against the Teutonic allies. duels are going on day and night. They are particularly severe in the reâ€" glon of Ypres and the Cambrai sector, where . the British are facing the Gerâ€" mans,.along the Aisne, on the Verdun seetor and along the Moselie River, Crown ‘Prince and Grand Duke Al brecht . of . Wurtemburg are opposing the French .and _in the Italian hignâ€" ‘lands from the region of Lake Gazda castward to the Plave River, where ‘the Austroâ€"German troops are aligned :against. the Italians, French and Briâ€" tish. _ Southâ€"west of YÂ¥pres, in Flandors, the Germans have made an attempt to ‘enter British positions, but met with repulse and heavy losses under the fire of the. British infantry and maâ€" ‘chineâ€"guns.. Likewise: an attempted raid <against the Freuch positions on Kitchener, Jan. 18. 1918 ‘»Londgn, Jan., 7,â€"Althqugh ,infantry operations in the major war theatrés are ofâ€"«‘minor charaeter; signs ard not wanting that big batties are in the process of making in Flanders, France and i(aly. At various polnts in these thrge war zones intensive artillery London, Jan. 7.â€"The counting ofâ€"the . Canadian soldiers‘ vote Hegan ° toâ€"day. Col. _ Andrew Thompson and W. T. R. Presâ€" ton, the.Government Opposition scrutineers, have registered obâ€" jection, to<the-order in Councif just regeived from Ottawa, forâ€" bidding ‘the ‘preédence of the deâ€" puty scrutineers at the counting. Col. Purney, as President, overâ€" ruibd_AZe objections. The deâ€" puty â€" scrutinegrs formally deâ€" manded admission, . which was refused. It is anticipated that the counting will last for a month. BEGIN. COUNTING t SOLDIERS‘ BALLOTS. FOR SPRING PLANTING. FOR BIG BATTLES NOTICE and Plants iX & 638 ~ Washington, Jan. 4.â€"Guarantees of average earnings to stockholders .f.- ,: the railroads taken over by thé United States in the recent "‘ and provision for the proper maintenance of these roads, while under f ment control, were the main points emphasized toâ€"day by President g in his address to the Congress. The netessity of the nationalization of the sÂ¥ reads to putâ€"forth Armékica‘s best effort to win the war, was particularly menâ€" .. _ tioned by the President. A fund of $500,000,000 will be asked from Congresa ‘ for the carrying out of theâ€"niationalization. ® negnersbebnt o §n BC ty es 2. s +o hn ut orpy o t New Yoak, Jan8.â€"The market haited again ‘du the nitdday whil¢ thePresident‘s address | was "in. â€" course of, publication., 1mmediately after;, however, s ing set in, leaders reacting one to four points fromâ€"éar maximums,, This was followed by irregular rallies. a ; NATIONALIZATION 0 F RAILAOADS. NECESSARY T0 WINMINC Of war Washington,; Jati«"&â€"President Wilson toâ€"day q‘-‘; dressing theCongress: delivered a reâ€"statement of war â€" aims injagrgemenrt with the recent dcclaration «by :A c British Premfer, David Lloyd Gceorge. ‘The Preside 8 prcsq;i,t}fl .A .dij‘fii;i‘;;;‘-Hi-ogr:lllllllc for world pm.:‘fl tainming:specific »â€"considerations. ,. i.k ho Berlin, Jan. 4â€"~in addreaping the Reichstag Main Committee : Chancellor Von Gertiing, $aid‘in regard to the Russian rejection ‘af neace posals dealing with the dispésftion of the occupied Russian territary, "2 & can cheerfully qwait further cgiirse of this incident. W# rely upon our strong . position, our loyal intentions and our just rights." The Chancellor announeed that Dr. Von Kuchimana‘has been instructed to reject the Russian proposal to transfer the ‘peace negotlations to Stockhoim. & "We regard as vital the legitimate claims of the Italians for union with those of their own race and tongue." ! _ "We mean to press that Justice be done to the men of Roumagign blipod and speech in their legitinate aspirations." ‘"Genuine selfâ€"government on true democratic principles to those Austroâ€"Hungarian nationalities who have long desired it." "Arabia, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Syria and Palestine are ontitled to recognition of the sopurate national conditions." "Wishos and interests of native infhabftants=~of German colontes must tba primarily~regardedâ€"at peacg cpnferento." < P K ~n"Mebornationalisation of the uqq'n from hm-fl" muen c Aba c w 6 < f C . 7 "The restoration of Serbja. Montenegro and the octupled parts of France, Italy and Roumania. The complete withdrawal of alien armign and reparation for injustice done is the fundamental condition of a porâ€" manent peace." s PRESIOENT WILSON AGREES WITH : * WAR AMS RECENTLY DECLARED 8y . _ _ "Complete.restoration of the pqlil!cg!.f%gmw_iijn’!;‘uw mflfl;l &‘17? dependence of Belgium, and such réparation as could be made for 168 * devastation of its towns and provinces." . w "we mean to stand by the French democracy to they doath in the domand the French make for a reconsideration of the groat wrong of 1871 when Alsaceâ€"Lorraine was torn away from them." ECS 3 "ue ud 4 â€" t Washington, Jan. 8.â€""The expected German offensive in the MJ at cretary Baker‘s weekly war review toâ€"day says, "will possibly ‘be their i est assault but the Britigh and French armies can be religd upon to wwitivs |_ stand the ‘Shock.4~ Summurizirg the situation on the eve of the s t great offensive,. Becretary Baker confidently points out that through 16 férse . battie# ‘of ‘great‘ mignhitude, the British and> Frenth have ‘steadily ‘% aheatd with methodical and qumulative gains. ‘The expected" ofensive, he . points out; probably ia.bheing delayed for the massing of great supplics of nitions, gune and Troops and the Germans may be expected to "strain oÂ¥ 3 fibre of their rétfiaining strength.‘ . Uniess 'Lntfiqul',,t;g"h} is recognized by insistouce on pug"-c* for injury toue. in defiance of its canons it can never be a reallty. td 29 "The adoption of a democratic constitution by Germany would be the most convincing evidence that the old spirit of milftary domination was dead, but that is a question for the German people to doclds." f "To turn Germany aside from schemes of military domination. to devote her strength to beneficient tasks." . â€" * ~Government.with the consent of the governed must be the basis, of any territorial settiement." ; * "An independent Rolaug. comprising all genuipely Polish clowents who desire to participate, is an urgent necessity for the stability n(.wq- ern Europe," wz mnan o ieln us@h t GAL ol it Confidence Expressed ‘That British and French * . Will Withstind Shock; â€"Cermains ~Massing . ~ Mfifililfl mu;‘"m‘c l-:fl-."‘lfl utato LLOYP GEQRGE DEFINES THE GERMANY . 15. OPPOSED TOâ€"RUSSIANâ€". ! PROPOSAt TO: TRANGFER THE PEAGE | ~â€"NECOTATIONS To STocorn £ n onl ts 0 . on | iofi o y WILL STRAIN EVERY FIBRE Ne s l ssmgi, 1. ... OP REMAINING STRENGTH® NebEooART T0 WINNING OF WAR, 1@ PREsIOENT WiLson TELLS CoNCAES$ > w;h Street fiused to Await Address. 6AYS : â€" "AHFLW HHRe UE TV Ee 1 1 e UE HEFHHE ; ME [ / Bnitisy rremiER, LLovd céonéE lfi.lgtbl;:‘,;lafiTSEâ€"Prcsidcntj Wilson toâ€"day ud- ’é EFINE§ THE wWArR x "a e * acites. _ OBJECTIVES OF BRITISH PEOPLE U 100 .0 +s t M GAEATEST A KEA IN WAR recent MMA. is, while under M by President Wileon, . nationalization of the‘ \ ; was particularty menâ€" ‘ : asked from Conaresa 0 U